New York Giants' trade talks for Braylon Edwards still quiet - at least until draft day

Kevin C. Cox/Getty ImagesIf the Giants are going to trade for Edwards, it won't develop until draft day.

You put your trade offer in, you take your trade offer out, you put your trade offer in and you deny it all about...

Anybody else feel like we're playing trade-talk hokey pokey with the Giants, Browns and Braylon Edwards? Or maybe tennis? Back and forth, back and forth. It's gonna happen, it's not gonna happen, it's gonna happen, it's not gonna happen. It's like that "Stand Up and Win" skit from when Jerry Seinfeld hosted SNL when they were talking about Oprah: "She's fat, she's thin, she's fat, she's thin. I mean, come on, pick a body and go with it." (Sorry, no YouTube clip on that one because NBC protects their content very well.)

So where are we on this one? The same place we've been since rumors first arose: in no man's land, waiting on draft day for something to develop. And we're right where we've been since I told you here, here (in the comments section), here and here that this thing is unlikely but not impossible. I'm seeing updates all over the place today and I figured I'd just let you know I didn't fall asleep at the wheel. It's just that there's nothing new here. Nothing at all. No "impasse" or anything like that - unless you define an "impasse" as the drought in talks I've been telling you about all along.

I've maintained all along that there's no reason for either side to cave on this one until they're under the gun and on the clock. That's when we'll know if Cleveland will realize they're not going to get a better offer than the Giants' second- and fifth-round picks. Or we'll know if the Giants realize they're not going to find an immediate upgrade in the draft and should give the Browns their first-round pick and another mid- to high-round pick for Edwards.

But until then, nobody's out of it, nothing is impossible and it's not out of the question that Edwards will be a Giant. Anything you hear in the next 44 hours or so is nothing more than conjecture, posturing or flat-out guesswork.

So one more time in English: unlikely, but not impossible.

And now in Spanish, courtesy of my translator, so that even more people can hear me on this one: Me dijeron que es improbable que los Gigantes comerciaran para Braylon Edwards, aunque no sea imposible. He dicho esto por muchas semanas.

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And oh well on the Tony Gonzalez front, huh? I tried my best for those of you who wanted him. But I guess I can't blame the Giants for thinking a second-round pick was too much to pay.